Bassic Sax

Selmer Mark VI

Horns Specs:

• Serial #: 198XXX
• Finish: Lacquer
• Necks: Unison Master Piece (top) &  original Selmer Mark VI neck (bottom)

Set Up 1 (For blues, rock, & most jazz):

• Neck: Unison Master Piece
• M/Ps: Dukoff S7, D7*, & D7
• Ligature: Rovner Dark
• Reed: Légère Signature Series 2¼

Set Up 2: (For certain jazz applications):

• Neck: Selmer
• M/P: Vintage Wolf Tayne 6
• Ligature: stock Wolf Tayne
• Reed: Légère Signature Series 2¼

King Zephyr

Horn Specs:

• Serial #: 307XXX
• Finish: Naturally delacquered after nearly 6 decades of pro use

Set Up:

• M/Ps: Dukoff S7
• Ligature: Rovner Dark
• Reed: Légère Signature Series 2¼

Martin Handcraft

Horn Specs:

• Serial #: 68XXX
• Finish: Silver plate with gold wash bell
• YTS 23 Front F key added

Set Up:

• M/Ps: Dukoff S7, D7*, & D7
• Ligature: Rovner Dark
• Reed: Légère Signature Series 2¼

Conn 10M

Horn Specs:

• Conn Artist Model 10M
• Serial #: H42XXX
• Finish: Lacquer/Nickel-plated keys
• One of the last pro horns built by Conn in Elkhart

Set Up:

• M/Ps: Dukoff S7, D7*, & D7
• Ligature: Rovner Dark
• Reed: Légère Signature Series 2¼

Hohner President

Horn Specs:

• Made by Hohner Musikinstrumente in (West) Germany
• The President was designed by Max Keilwerth (Julius & Richard Keilwerth’s brother)
• Serial #: 104XX
• Finish: Lacquer with nickel plated keys
• I bought this minty horn from the orignal owner. It was a true closet horn. It was used for 2 years in high school, and then put in the closet where it sat since.

Set Up:

• M/Ps: Dukoff S7, D7*, & D7
• Ligature: Rovner Dark
• Reed: Légère Signature Series 2¼
• Second neck (bottom one in the photo) from my tech’s donor horn serial # 111XX, brightens this naturally dark-sounding horn considerably. It is like having 2 horns completely different saxophones.

Jubilee

Horn Specs:

• Made by J. Keilwerth
• Stencil of the Toneking Series III
• Serial #: 29XXX
• Finish: Lacquer
• The “angel wing” key guard was replaced by the original owner.
• This was a 1 owner horn, which was bought in 1958.

Set Up:

• M/Ps: Dukoff S7, D7*, & D7
• Ligature: Rovner Dark
• Reed: Légère Signature Series 2¼

De Villiers

Horn Specs:

• Made by Dörfler & Jörka Saxophonherstellung, in what at the time was West Germany
• Serial #: 11XXX
• Finish: Lacquer with real mother of pearl accents on key guards and left thumb rest

Set Up:

• M/Ps: Dukoff S7, D7*, & D7
• Ligature: Rovner Dark
• Reed: Légère Signature Series 2¼

Klingsor

Horn Specs:

• Made by the Hammerschmidt company in what was at the time West Germany
• Serial #: 043XX
• Finish: Nickel plate

Set Up:

• M/Ps: Dukoff S7, D7*, & D7
• Ligature: Rovner Dark
• Reed: Légère Signature Series 2¼